I fired up my freshly OH'd 261 for the first time yesterday. I pre-lubed with the drill several times to get oil to the top end previous to installing my mini HEI being careful to watch the distributor fall into the oil pump drive while rocking over the engine by hand. I'm using an Oberg filter in place of the canister type. On pre lube, I showed good oil pressure. Primed it in the carb and it fired up and run good until that gas was gone. Done that twice more until I got fuel to the carb via the pump. The next time I tried it turned over real slow. I put the screwdriver to the starter ring gear and it turns with much resistance as in seized bearing. Question: can you get oil to the top end without going through the bottom end first? I have a flow diagram for a 235 but not for the 261 with the full flow filter. This one has me stumped
